Friendship

I love the sisterhood that true, authentic friendships with women provide. I love the come on over, I'll be right there. The tears over coffee, the laugh out loud moments. The silly, irreverent and light. And also the life changing, hard, fall to your knees and pray moments. I love it all. Friendship's are wonderful. They are bold and loud and we live courageously in them. They are as soft and soothing as sunshine on our face on a warm summer day.

It's been difficult to pack my bags and move away from all my friends. But I felt and still feel that this is the best move for our family. There have been moments when I have prayed, are you sure God? Did I misunderstand? But then I feel a peace settle down, a calmness that says yes. Yes, this is the place to grow your family. To grow your dreams. To grow in Me.

The stuff I said about friendship. I believe it with all my heart. I'm also going to say it's hard. It's not easy inviting people over, letting people in. We have lived here for a year and a half. And I still haven't found anyone that I can invite over when the house is messy, or when my four year old is in a temper. When we are less than our best.

A few nights ago I was crying. Why don't I have any friends? It seems so easy for some people, why is it so hard for me? My husband's response, have you prayed about it? No. So I did. And I have every night since. And then I found a wonderful blog about entertaining. Invite people over it said. But I'm the new girl. Shouldn't people be inviting me over? Is that what I've been waiting for? Would it really be that easy? So I tried it. Invited people over for supper. And they said yes! Giddy with excitement, my confidence restored I invited a few other women out to a movie that we all wanted to see. Yes. Thank-you God.